For instance, for a two-night cruise, pick the place of departure, the port of call on day two, and the destination. The trips between Chau Doc or Vinh Xuong and Phnom Penh are extensions on board speedboats.

Just fill-in the form, or simply click on your chosen ports of call on the map on the right.

Mistaken? Or would you like to start afresh? Just reset the form, or correct the port of call with
its drop-down menu.

Program of the journey: Cần Thơ - Vị Thanh - Rạch Giá

Cần Thơ - Vị Thanh - Rạch Giá

Cần Thơ, on the first day at noon

Boarding onto the Bassac at the Ninh Kieu pier, welcome drink, check into the cabins.

Lunch as the Bassac cruises up river Can Tho and crosses the sleepy floating market at Cai Rang.

The boat then entes the very active Xa No canal, the main river link of Hau Giang province. The canal is lined with waterlocks and connecting canals dug in the early XXth Century to help foster rice production.

Visit on shore in teh second half of the afternoon, in the vicinity of Vị Thanh.

Boarding back at nightfall, and dinner after a light refreshment as the Bassac resumes her long cruise towards river Cái Lớn.

The Bassac casts anchor for the night once past the quiet town of Go Quao.

Day 2

As there is no light pollution, if teh weather is clear, the early morning sky is full of stars.

Breakfast is available from 6:30 in the morning.

As she enters the brackish waters of the estuary, the Bassac may send schools of silvery fish flying. By clear weather, one can see above the trees the peak of Hon Tre island, in the gulf of Siam.

Arrival at the Xèo Rô or Tắc Cầu ferry pier by mid-morning, check-out and transfer to shore.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Rạch Giá.

Please note you will leave the Bassac for good upon boarding the small boat for the last visit, typically about 8:30.
The details of the program and the visits may vary depending on logistics or technical constraints.

Some possible extensions

Here are some extension possibilities about the journey you are preparing. These, for the most part, we manage ourselves. May you find here some inspiration.

You will find with the same attention to detail and caring service as with us.

You may also
spend a night or more in the Nam Bộ Boutique Hotel, a charming hotel right on the Ninh Kiều pier, at a stone's throw of the Bassac's mooring point. The Nam Bộ has 7 suites only, welcomes families and offers breakfast on a comfortable terrace with a view, at l'Escale.

Before boarding

Before boarding, you may take your breakfast in one of the good places near the river in Cần Thơ. Try the Nam Bộ restaurant, 1 Ngô Quyền, facing the boat bus pier, near the statue of Uncle Ho, or the Sao Hôm, in the old market hall, right in front of the Bassac's mooring point. Or if you prefer to be away from the crowds, you may like to try breakfast at l'Escale, on the top floor of the Nam Bộ, a beautiful breakfast in front of the river.

You may also
take your breakfast right at the floating market on board a Mystic sampan before boarding: a beautiful breakfast, maybe complemented with fruit bought directly on the floating market, on board sampans built in the same spirit as the Bassac.